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HARKYE, PEOPLE! HERE'S WHAT PLOTTED
MURDER OF PARCEL POST WOULD MEAN!
On Jan. 1, 1913, the parcel post law
went into effect
On July 1, 1913the insurance rate
on parcel post packages was lowered
by the postmaster general from 10
cents to 5 cents. At the same time
the special stamp was abolished and
ordinary stamps made available for
parcel post,
The same order put into effect the
C. O. D. feature, thus making it pos
sible, for one thing, for farmers to
mail food products to city people and
make sure of receiving payment
without personally making expen
sive collection trips.
August 15 the weight limit was in
creased from 11 to 20 pounds in the
first two zones and rates were Ibw
ered from ys to. 3 cents per pound in
these zones. This meant increased
use of parcel post.
On January 1, 1914, the weight
limit was increased from 20 to 50
pounds in the first two zones and
from 11 to 20 pounds in all remaining
zones. At the same time rates were
reduced between 1 and 3 cents per
pound in all zones up to the seventh.
The reductions thus have reached a
distance of one thousand miles from
home.
As a result of this last, change the
public use of parcel post has greatly
increased. But it is. impossible to
calculate the possibilities in the di
rection of lowering the high cost of
living when the general public gets,
to understand this new rule and the
opportunities it opens to them.
On March 16, 1914, an order will
take effect, unless congress prevents,
admitting books to parcel post. This
will make it possible to circulate lib
rary books and other helpful litera
ture more widely.
In addition to these, there have
been about twenty minor changes in
classifications, packing requirements
and other regulatory amendments
very greatly improving and lessening
the cost of service.
Under the amendment Joe Bristow
and Poke Smith, the alleged progres
sives,. want the U. S. Senate to pass,
any one of the changes herein named
would have required a special act of
congress, requiring months and per
haps years to put through, and hark
ye, moreover
Every single act would have been
opposed and fought to the last ditch
in congress by the fat fed express
companies!
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SPOTLIGHT FOR THIS CLEVER
YOUNG ACTRESS
J5uifi. Chaiijsrton.
Boston. The quaint little maea-
zine story, "Daddy-Long-Legs," is to
be dramatized by its author. Miss
Jean Webster, niece of Mark Twain,
and it will serve as a starring vehicle
tor Kuth Chatterton. Miss Chatter
ton is the clever, youngster whom.
Henry Miller discovered a couple of
years ago when he gave her a role in
"The Rainbow."